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Galina’s January Star Reads

February 3, 2021February 4, 2021 by galina

January signals the beginning of a new year and often brings with it quite a long list of new book publications. A few years ago we were bombarded with books about weight loss, diets and ‘new read more

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Galina Reviews: Frances Cha “If I Had Your Face”

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 by galina

I was lucky to get my hands on the early digital copy of Frances Cha “If I Had Your Face” in June thanks to Penguin Random House read more

Posted in CultureTagged book review, books, Frances Cha, galina reads, galina reviews, If I Had Your Face, penguin random house, plastic surgery, South Korea, the curiosity gapLeave a comment

Galina Reviews: “A Double Life” by Charlotte Philby

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020 by galina

A good book always makes a great gift, to self or to others, but in pandemic times books also offered salvation, when we all were stuck inside and looking for ways to calm down or be distracted from read more

Posted in CultureTagged A Double Life, books, Charlotte Philby, crime fiction, curiosity gap, HarperCollins UK, the curiosity gap, writer, writingLeave a comment

Sunday Reads Book Club by Desmond & Dempsey

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 by galina

Book clubs are good for heads & souls, uniting people who like reading, as much as they like talking and writing. From all walks of life and ages, creative threads of storytelling pulling people read more

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Daniel Levitin & Camilla Cavendish on “80 being the new 30”

March 10, 2020March 11, 2020 by galina

We tend to associate old age with deterioration, especially of our mental powers & body’s ability to function as effectively, as it does in our youth. However, if latest developments are anything read more

Posted in CultureTagged ageing, books, camilla cavendish, curiosity gap, Daniel Levitin, extra time, science, The Changing Mind, the curiosity gapLeave a comment

Isabel Allende in-conversation with Erica Wagner

February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 by galina

When a few months ago I heard on the literary grapevine that the legendary writer Isabel Allende was coming to London’s Southbank Centre to read more

Posted in CultureTagged books, culture gap, curiosity gap, Isabel Allende, Latin American writers, southbank centre, the curiosity gap, writersLeave a comment

How To Academy: an evening with Amaryllis Fox

November 7, 2019November 7, 2019 by galina

Former CIA clandestine service officer, writer and peace activist Amaryllis Fox was born in New York, the daughter of an English creative mother and American economist father. Following read more

Posted in CultureTagged Amaryllis Fox, Apple TV, books, CIA, curiosity gap, Hannah MacInnes, How To Academy, memoires1 Comment

Spy novel with a twist: “The Most Difficult Thing” by Charlotte Philby

September 24, 2019September 24, 2019 by galina

it should have been the surname “Philby” that could have drawn my attention, juggling the memory. But Charlotte Philby’s book cover was what riveted me in the first place, read more

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Q & A with Sophie Anderson, bestselling author and mother of four

September 17, 2019September 24, 2019 by galina

I am particularly grateful that just as Sophie’s second book “The Girl Who Speaks Bear” was published on September 5th and she was actively promoting it, read more

Posted in InterviewsTagged books, fairy-tales, folklore, Kids, sophie anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear, the house with chicken legsLeave a comment

Review of “The Girl Who Speaks Bear” by Sophie Anderson

September 16, 2019September 16, 2019 by galina

When I have read Sophie Anderson‘s first book “The House With Chicken Legs” last year ( you can read my review here read more

Posted in KidsTagged books, curiosity gap, folklore, Kids, reading, sophie anderson, The Girl Who Speaks Bear, the house with chicken legsLeave a comment
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